Sara Varon

Sara Varon is a graphic novelist and illustrator best known for her children's book, Robot Dreams. Her book Hold Hands was selected as a New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year in 2019.[1]

Varon's characters are entirely non-human—she claims to be bad at drawing people—except in her book My Pencil and Me where she draws herself.[2][3] Her characters often form unlikely friendships—cats and chickens, cupcakes and eggplants—which combine to form what the New York Times calls "endearing, uncommon narratives."[4] Her book New Shoes was selected as one of the books features in the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art's exhibit Out of the Box in 2019.[5] Her book Odd Duck, translated into French as Des canards trop bizarres, won the Livrentête Prize in France.[6]

Varon works in other mediums as well. She made a series of alebrijes of some of her cartoon characters in collaboration with a Oaxacan artist.[7] She has also made traditional-style Turkish carpets with images of her characters.[8]

Early life

Varon grew up in the Illinois suburbs and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. She attended the School of Visual Arts.[9] She is married and her husband is Guyanese.[8] She was a recipient of the Maurice Sendak Fellowship in 2013.[10]

Personal life

As of June 2006, Varon lives in Brooklyn, New York.[9]

Bibliography
  • Sweaterweather & Other Short Stories (2003) ISBN 1-891867-49-0
  • Chicken and Cat (2006) ISBN 0439634067
  • The Present (2005)
  • Robot Dreams (2007) ISBN 1596431083
  • Chicken and Cat Clean Up (2009) ISBN 0439634083
  • Bake Sale (2011) ISBN 1596437405
  • Odd Duck (2013, with Cecil Castellucci) ISBN 1596435577
  • President Squid (2016, with Aaron Reynolds) ISBN 1452136475
  • New Shoes (2018) ISBN 1596439203
  • Hold Hands (2019) ISBN 1596435887
  • My Pencil and Me (2020) ISBN 1596435895

References
  1. "The 25 Best Children's Books of 2019". The New York Times. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  2. Gustines, George Gene (2011-10-13). "What's On at New York Comic Con". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  3. "Children's Book Review: My Pencil and Me by Sara Varon. First Second, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-596-43589-6". PublishersWeekly.com. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  4. Jamieson, Virctoria (2018-02-16). "Great New Books for a Child Just Learning to Read". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  5. "Out of The Box: The Graphic Novel Comes of Age". Carle Museum. 2019-02-10. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  6. "Prix Livrentête". mediatheque-conquet.fr (in French). 2015-08-14. Archived from the original on 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  7. "the site for sara varon - Page 2". chickenopolis. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  8. "A Pen & Oink interview with the great Sara Varon! – Pen and Oink". Pen and Oink. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  9. Bean, Joy (June 29, 2006). "Spring 2006 Flying Starts: Sara Varon". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  10. "Sendak Fellowship". The Maurice Sendak Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-04.


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